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Signe
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signe signé
English
Proper noun
an asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900
Anagrams
en egins e-sign gines segni Sieng Isneg sengi Gines Niges Giens singe
Danish
da:+ (pigenavn)
Etymology
da non Signý. Name of heroines in Norse mythology.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Old Norse
Estonian
Etymology
From et sv - and et da - sv Signe.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Finnish
Etymology
From fi sv Signe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Sign ä
Statistics
dvv_20250813 502 505 587 1
References
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. From lv sv - and lv da - sv Signe.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Signe was the only given name of 1562 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
nb:
nn:
Etymology
From no non Signý.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
First recorded in Sweden in 1382. From sv non Signý. In Norse mythology the name of a princess who killed herself after her lover's death.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Signe.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Usage notes
Until the 19th century mainly used in Scania. Revived in the 19th century, popular around 1900 in Sweden, as well as in Denmark and Norway.
Anagrams
sv egins Inges